Shoprite turns its back on its furniture business

Shoprite is selling its furniture business including OK Furniture and House & Home because it believes it lacks the scale to compete effectively in this sector compared with its core food business.

Despite a significant capital investment programme, the group’s furniture wing had consistently received less priority for investment compared with the supermarkets business, CEO Pieter Engelbrecht told Business Day on Tuesday...

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